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●3月1日,美韩军队开始在韩国及其附近海域举行史上最大规模年度“秃鹫”联合演习,并首次操演“萨德”反导系统。
中国外交部长王毅与应邀访华的朝鲜副外相李吉成举行会谈。
●2月28日至3月5日,日本天皇明仁和皇后美智子访问越南。
●3月2日,美国司法部长塞辛斯被曝曾在美国大选期间与俄罗斯驻美大使交谈。几名美国民主党议员建议国会展开调查,并要求塞辛斯辞职。
《华尔街日报》援引特朗普政府内部人士话报导称,为解决朝鲜核导问题,特朗普政府将把对朝使用武力和促朝转变体制作为选项进行讨论。
●3月5日,第十二届全国人民代表大会第五次会议在北京人民大会堂开幕。国务院总理李克强作政府工作报告。
马来西亚外交部向朝鲜驻吉隆坡大使姜哲发出驱逐令。
●3月6日,朝鲜试射四枚弹道导弹。
朝鲜驱逐马来西亚驻朝大使。
韩国负责“亲信干政”事件调查的特别检察组公布最终调查结果,认定总统朴槿惠涉嫌共谋受贿、介入“文化界黑名单”。
美国总统特朗普颁布新版移民禁令,暂时禁止向伊朗、利比亚、索马里、苏丹、叙利亚、也门六国家公民发放签证,同时暂停美国难民项目,但绿卡持有者、双重国籍者、已获美签者被排除在外。
●3月7日,朝鲜与马来西亚外交摩擦再升级,相互限制对方公民离境。
美军将“萨德”反导系统的两个发射架和部分装备运抵韩国乌山空军基地。
联合国安理会发表媒体声明,对朝发射弹道导弹进行“强烈谴责”。
美国商务部发表声明称,中兴通讯(ZTE)承认非法向伊朗和朝鲜出口了美国制造的通信设备,并就支付总额11.9亿美元的罚款与美方达成一致。据称这是美国政府迄今为止对企业违反出口管制条例所处罚的最高金额。
中国欧盟商会发表报告称,《中国制造2025》号召为十个行业提供巨大政府支持,将把国外竞争者挤出中国市场。
●3月8日,维基解密公布文件披露美国中央情报局(CIA)以入侵智能手机、电脑乃至互联网电视的情况,称该情报机构已有能力绕过加密系统搜集数据。
●3月10日,韩国宪法法院通过了对总统朴槿惠的弹劾案,朴成为韩国历史上首位被弹劾下台的总统。接下来,韩国将在5月9日举行大选。
●3月11日,美国总统特朗普与巴勒斯坦自治政府主席阿巴斯通电话,特朗普邀请阿巴斯近期访问白宫,讨论重启巴以政治进程的方式。
●3月13日,美军在韩进行“关键决断”演习,模拟从日本和美国等地向朝鲜半岛追加战力并进行部署时的指挥体系。
●3月15日,美联储宣布加息25个基点,联邦基金利率上升至0.75%至1%区间。这是美联储近十年内第三次加息,也是特朗普就职后美国首次加息。
《跨太平洋伙伴关系协定》(TPP)签署国在秘鲁举行美国宣布退出后的首次部长级会议,中国、韩国等国受邀参加了会后召开的扩大会议。
●3月15日至19日,美国国务卿蒂勒森访问日本、韩国、中国。
●3月16日,美国总统特朗普公布联邦预算案,国防预算增加540亿美元,同时削减海岸警卫队预算,转移成边境筑墙资金。消减国务院、卫生部、农业部、商务部、环保部等部门预算。
●3月17日,德国总理默克尔访美。
●3月18日,朝鲜进行新型大功率火箭发动机地面点火试验,金正恩到现场视察。
二十国集团财长和央行行长会议在德国闭幕。在美国坚持下,对抗保护主义和应对气候变化表述从联合声明中消失。
●3月21日,荷兰选举结果公布,首相吕特领导的传统右翼自由民主党赢得150个议席中的33个,继续保持第一大党地位。极右翼自由党赢得20个议席。
美国对中东、北非8个国家的10个机场直飞美国的非美国航空公司航班实施禁止携带大型电子产品登机的禁令。
●3月22日至29日,中国国务院总理李克强访问澳大利亚、新西兰。
●3月22日,朝鲜自东部元山附近试射4枚导弹,均在升空后不久爆炸。
英国伦敦市中心议会大厦附近发生恐怖袭击事件,造成包括1名恐怖分子在内的4人死亡,20多人受伤。
英国政府宣布在6个中东国家直飞英国的航班上禁止携带笔记本电脑等电子产品。
●3月23日至26日,博鳌亚洲论坛2017年年会在海南博鳌举行,年会主题为“直面全球化与自由贸易的未来”。
●3月24日,美国总统特朗普在国会投票前数小时叫停新医保法案,同时宣布放弃修改奥巴马医保法案的努力。
●3月27日,俄罗斯多地发生未经批准的反梅德韦杰夫“贪腐”示威。
●3月28日,英国首相特雷莎·梅签署启动《里斯本条约》50条退出机制函件,正式启动脱欧谈判程序。
●3月31日,韩国前总统朴槿惠被批捕。
International Events in March, 2017
●On March 1st, the US and South Korea kicked off the annual Foal Eagle military exercise, the largest one ever, on South Koreansoil and its surrounding waters, and exercised their Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system for the first time.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Ri Kil Song during his visit to China uponinvitation.
●From February 28thto March 5th,Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited Vietnam.
●On March 2nd, US Attorney General JeffSessions’ conversations with the Russian ambassador to the US during the presidential campaign last year came to light. Several Democratic Congressmen proposed Congressional investigation into Sessions’ activities and demanded his resignation.
TheWall Street Journalcited words of a Trump administration insider that, in order tosettle North Korean nuclear and missile issue, the government hasstarted to consider using violence and prompting regime changes as options.
●On March 5th, the Fifth Session of the 12th National People’s Congress was convened in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivered the annual government work report.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia issued a deportation order to Kang Chol, North Korean Ambassador to Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur.
●On March 6th, South Korea tested four ballistic missiles.
North Korea banished the Malaysian ambassador.
The South Korean special prosecution team investigating theChoi Soon-sil scandal announced their final results, indicting President ParkGeun-hye on bribery conspiracy and intervention in “the cultural blacklist.”
US President Donald Trump introduced a revised travel ban, blocking citizens of six Muslim countries, namely Iran, Libya,Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen, from entering the US. It also suspended US refugee programs, but exempted green-card holders, those with dualcitizenships, and current visa holders.
● On March 7th, the diplomatic disputes between North Korea and Malaysia escalated, with Pyongyang saying that it had banned Malaysians from leaving North Korea and Malaysia stating the same intention.
Two launchers and some equipment in the THAAD system arrivedat Osan Air Base in South Korea.
The UN Security Council issued a statement, strongly condemning North Korea’s recent ballistic missile launches.
The US Department of Commerce announced that China’s telecommunication giant ZTE agreed to plead guilty and pay 1.19 billion USD in fines for illegally selling US-made telecommunication electronics to Iran and North Korea. It is rumored tobe the largest fine in history that the US has imposed on companies inviolation of export control regulations.
The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China released acritique of China’s industrial policy, known as “China Manufacturing 2025,”calling for the intensification of government support for the growth of tenspecific sectors, in order to help domestic companies secure leading positionsin these markets.
●On March 8th, WikiLeaks released information,in evidence that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) hacked into phones,computers and even Internet TVs for surveillance, and claimed that CIA had beenable to bypass encryption systems and collect relevant data.
●On March 10, the Constitutional Court of South Koreaaccepted the motion to impeach President Park Geun-hye, making Park thecountry’s first president to be ousted by impeachment. The general election ofSouth Korea is scheduled on May 9th.
●On March 11th, US President Donald Trump spokeon the phone with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and invited him to the White House in the near future, for a negotiation on ways to restart the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
●On March 13th, the US and South Korea conducted the Key Resolve exercise, during which the two countries simulated sending additional forces from such countries as Japan and the US to the KoreanPeninsula, and tested the deployment command system.
●On March 15th, the US Federal Reserve announced tolift the interest rate by 25 basis points to a range of 0.75 percent to 1.00percent – the third such rate increase in the last ten years and also the firstsince President Donald Trump took office.
The signatories to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) held the first ministerial conference in Peru after the US announced its with drawal. Countries including China and South Korea were invited to post-conference enlarged sessions.
●From March 15th to 19th, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visited China, Japan, and South Korea.
●On March 16th, US President Donald Trump released the federal budget proposal, according to which the defense budget would be increased to 54 billion USD, the budget for coast guards would be cut for building the US-Mexico wall, and the funding for such government agencies as the State Department, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Agriculture,Department of Commerce, and Environmental Protection Agency would also beslashed.
●On March 17th, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited the US.
●On March 18th, North Korea launched the ground firing test of its new high-power rocket engine. Chairman Kim Jong-un visited the site.
The G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting came to a close in Germany. At the US’s insistence, statements against protectionism, as well as those concerning climate change responses, were excluded from the jointcommunique.
●On March 21st, the Netherlands announced its election results: the traditional right-wing Liberal Democratic Party led by Prime Minister Mark Rutte won 33 of the parliament’s 150 seats, thus securing its position as thecountry’ largest party, while the far right Party for Freedom was second with 20.
The US decided to ban carrying large electronic devices on flights with non-US airlines from 10 airports in eight Middle Eastern and North African countries to the US.
●From March 22nd to 29th, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited Australia and New Zealand.
●On March 22nd, North Korea test-fired four missiles from Wonsan on its east coast, and the missiles exploded seconds after launch.
Terrorists attacked street areas near the Houses of Parliament in central London, UK,taking tolls of four, including one terrorist, and injuring over 20.
TheUK government announced its decision to ban laptops and other electronicdevices on direct flights from six Middle Eastern nations to the UK.
●From March 23rd to 26th, the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2017 was held in Boao City, Hainan Province, with the theme“Globalization & Free Trade: the Asian Perspectives.”
●On March 24th, US President Trump removed the health care repeal bill from voting, just hours before the Congress was scheduled to vote on it, and announced an end to efforts to revise the Obama care Affordable Care Act.
●On March 27th, unauthorized anti-corruption demonstrations against Dmitry Medvedev took place in several Russian cities.
●On March 28th, British Prime Minister Theresa May signed a bill to trigger the Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon, thus officially beginning anegotiation process that will oversee the UK leaving the European Union.
●On March 31st, Former President Park Geun-hye of South Korea was arrested after the Seoul Central District Court approved the request from prosecutors.■
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